Allah Taãla says in the Noble Qurãn, 'You are the best of nations sent to man. You command good and forbid evil and you believe in Allah'. (Aali Imraan).
Allah Taãla states that one reason for this Ummah being titled as the best of Ummah, is the practice of commanding good and preventing evil'.
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Abu
Sa`id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Prophet of
Allah (PBUH) said: "There was a man from among a nation before you who
killed ninety-nine people and then made an inquiry about the most
learned person on the earth. He was directed to a monk. He came to him
and told him that he had killed ninety-nine people and asked him if
there was any chanc

e for his repentance
to be accepted. He replied in the negative and the man killed him also
completing one hundred. He then asked about the most learned man in the
earth. He was directed to a scholar. He told him that he had killed one
hundred people and asked him if there was any chance for his repentance
to be accepted. He replied in the affirmative and asked, `Who stands
between you and repentance?

Go to such and such land; there (you will
find) people devoted to prayer and worship of Allah, join them in
worship, and do not come back to your land because it is an evil place.'
So he went away and hardly had he covered half the distance when death
overtook him; and there was a dispute between the angels of mercy and
the angels of torment. The angels of mercy pleaded, '

This man has come
with a repenting heart to Allah,' and the angels of punishment argued,
'He never did a virtuous deed in his life.' Then there appeared another
angel in the form of a human being and the contending angels agreed to
make him arbiter between them. He said, `Measure the distance between
the two lands. He will be considered belonging to the land to which he
is nearer.' They measured and found him closer to the land (land of
piety) where he intended to go, and so the angels of mercy collected his
soul". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

In another version: "He
was found to be nearer to the locality of the pious by a cubit and was
thus included among them". Another version says: "Allah commanded (the
land which he wanted to leave) to move away and commanded the other land
(his destination) to draw nearer and then He said: "Now measure the
distance between them.' It was found that he was nearer to his goal by a
hand's span and was thus forgiven". It is also narrated that he drew
closer by a slight movement on his chest.

Commentary: 1.
One comes to know from this Hadith that the gate of Taubah is open even
for the worst of the sinners; and Allah forgives everyone provided he
repents sincerely, the conditions for such repentance have already been
discussed.

2. It is the duty of a religious scholar that while
discussing a problem, he should keep in mind the psychological aspects
of the questioner and adopt a policy which neither causes a change in
the Injunction of Allah nor make the sinner reckless in his sins out of
frustration.

3. When a situation warrants, angels appear in the form of men on Orders of Allah.

Once there was a very handsome, pious, well educated young man, whoseparents emphasised for him to get married. they had seen so many marriageproposals, and he had turned them all down. The parents thought it wasbecoming a little ridiculous or suspected that he may have someone else inmind.

However every time the parents left the girls house, the young man wouldalways say "She's not the one!"

The young man only wanted a girl who was religious and practicing. (Whichwas hard to find)? However one evening his mother arranged for him, to meeta girl, who was religious, and practicing.

On that evening, the young man, and girl, were left to talk, and ask eachother questions. (As one would expect).

The young man, being a gentleman that he was allowed, the lady to askfirst. The young girl asked the young man soooo many questions. She askedabout his life, his education, his friends, his family , his habits, hishobbies, his lifestyle, his enjoyment, his pastime, his experiences.Basically everything.

And the young man replied to all of her questions, without tiring, andpolitely, with a smile the young girl took up nearly all of the time, overan hour, and felt bad, and asked the young man, "Do you have any questions?" The young man said, "It's okay. I only have 3 questions."

The young girl thought, "Wow, only 3 questions. Okay, shoot."

The young man's first question was:

1) Who do you love the most in the world, someone who's love nothing wouldever overcome?

She said, "This is an easy question. my mother."

He smiled.

The second question he asked was:

2) "You said that you read a lot of Qur'an, could you tell me which surahsyou know the meaning of?"

Hearing this she went red and embarrassed and said, "I do not know themeaning of any yet, but i am hoping to soon. InshAllah. I've just been a bitbusy."

The third question the young man asked was:

3) I have been approached for my hand in marriage, by girls that areprettier than you, why should I marry you?

Hearing this the young girl was outraged. She stormed off to her parentswith fury and said, "I do not want to marry this man. He is insulting mybeauty and intelligence."

And the young man and his parents, were once again, left without anagreement of marriage. This time, the young man's parents were really angry,and said, "What did you do to anger that girl? The family were so nice andpleasant and they were religious like you wanted. What did you ask thegirl?? Tell us! "

The young man said," Firstly, I asked her, 'Who do you love the most?' Shesaid her mother."The parents said "So, what is wrong with that??"The young man said, "No one, is Muslim, until he loves Allah, and hisMessenger(SAW) more than anyone else in the world.If a woman loves Allah andthe Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) more than anyone, she willlove me and respect me, and stay faithfulto me, because of that love, and fear for Allah (swt). And we can share thislove, because this love is greater than lust for beauty."

The young man said, "Then I asked, 'You read a lot of Qur'an, can you tellme the meaning of any surah?' She said 'No. because I haven't had time yet.'So I thought of that hadith "ALL humans, are dead except for those who haveknowledge." She has lived 20 years and not found ANY time, to seekknowledge, why would I marry a woman, who does not know her rights, andresponsibilities, and what will she teach my children, except how to benegligent, because the woman IS the madrasa (school) and the best ofteachers. And a woman who has no time for Allah, will not have time for herhusband."

The third question I asked her was that a lot of girls prettier than her,had approached me for marriage. Why should I choose her? That is why shestormed off, getting angry.

The young man's parents said "That is a horrible thing to say, why would youdo such a thing? We are going back there to apologise."

The young man said. "I said this on purpose, to test whether she couldcontrol her anger. The Prophet(SAW) said "Do not get angry, do not getangry, do not angry" when asked how to become pious because anger is fromSatan. If a woman cannot control her anger with a stranger she has justmet, do you think she will be able to control it with her husband?"

So, the moral of this story is that a marriage is based on knowledge, notlooks, practice, not preaching, forgiveness, not anger spiritual love, notlust and compromise One should look for a person who 1) Has love for Allah(SWT) and the Messenger (SAW). 2) Has knowledge of the deen, and can actupon it. 3) can control anger and another important and crucial factor: thatshe be 4) willing to compromise. *And it goes both ways, so women seekinga man, should look for the same things. *-From an email